Finding Suitable Font for Print and Web Site

[Emmy Aricioglu <EMMY_ARICIOGLU -at- HP-ROSEVILLE-OM3 -dot- OM -dot- HP -dot- COM>]

     Hi All,

     Our group would be interested in feedback from any of you on the
     following situation:

       -- We use Frame to write our manuals. Our official fonts up to
          this point have been ITC Century (serif) and Arial (sans s).
          Our platform is Windows NT.

       -- Traditionally, we have supplied printed manuals with our
          products. These are produced through the DocuTech process.

       -- Earlier this year, we began posting our manuals on our
          web site (first intranet, now internet). To do this, we
          create a pdf file (Acrobat).

       -- We have discovered that, not always, but many times, the
          ITC Century font is creating problems. For example, it is
          possible to open a pdf file, select a portion of the text,
          copy it, and paste it to, say, a Word file. And then to
          print it. We have found that the ITC Century font will
          appear as garbage. Arial comes across fine.

       -- We are unsure whether Adobe supports the ITC Century font.
          (I will be researching that.)

       -- One of our objectives is that our manuals must be
          readable across all platforms (Unix, Sun, etc.), and by all
          browsers (so we hesitate to go to a Microsoft supported
          font).

     We just decided yesterday to change our font and I have been
     charged with the assignment of finding a suitable new one. I
     would very much appreciate any information you may have and
     will find some way to thank you.

     Please post to me privately and, if there is general interest,
     I will summarize and post the results.

     Emmy Aricioglu
     emmy_aricioglu -at- hp -dot- com


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